1 lb. butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
2 1/4 c. sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. seedless raisins, chopped
6 tbsp. chopped pecans

Cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar; beat well. Beat in eggs, one at a time; add vanilla. Combine flour, salt, and baking powder; add to cream cheese mixture. Blend in raisins. Heavily grease a tube pan; sprinkle 6 Tbsp. of chopped pecans in pan. Pour batter in pan and bake at 300°F approximately 1 1/2 hours. Let stand in pan 10 minutes before removing.